Setup SSH Server with freeSSHD

Last week I was able to ssh tunnel back to Singapore to watch Singapore TV shows at Xin MSN. I decided to create my own for no obvious reason... yet. I was planning to setup using cygwin, but I found a simplier way, using freesshd. Installation was straightforward.

As for SSH client, I'm using puTTY Tray, a modified version of putty with system tray icon when minized the console windows. The setup took less than 15min to complete. There are 2 known problems with freesshd, depends on luck really. If you setup to start freesshd as system service, it will not create system tray icon where you can edit the settings such as add new user. The problems are:

1.) "The specified address is already in use" after clicked OK at freesshd settings. The solution is to stop the freesshd system service. Personally, i'd removed the service, and create a shortcut in startup folder to auto start it as it will give me the system tray icon.

2.) I got 2 test environment, 1 on my laptop and 1 on my HTPC. Then 1 on laptop works fine without any hurdle. On HTPC, I've setup an user with authorization method as Password Stored as SHA1 hash. When I try to connect to my SSH server on HTPC using putty, it prompted Access Denied with the correct username and password. I'd been googling but found no direct answer to the problem. Then I tried the following: at Authentication tab of freesshd, set password authentication as Required, then Public key authentication as Disabled. With no hope of solving it, I got it working, no more Access Denied!

Great Ikea hack for console wheel

I was looking for a good solution to mount a console wheel that I intend to buy. GameRacer Pro cost around £290 without the wheel. It is good if I got the money to burn. Eventually budget has landed me to this Ikea Hack where the whole configuration set cost less than £60. It does require to drill a hold and several screws to the paddle.

Update: I also came across this wheelstandpro foldable support, cost £85 delivered

Got my belated v-day present, ps3

Thanks to my wife for getting me a PS3 slim 250gb with uncharted 2 and assassin creed 2. This is my 2nd console, but the first that has competitve gaming title. Started to play incharted 2, the display is awesome.

- Posted from my iPhone

HP MediaSmart EX490 & Snow Leopard

Got my HP home server today with 1tb of storage. I bought it for £364 to consolidate my 3 external hdd, 2x500gb,750gb. Plan to get another 2tb drive, cheapest at £114 from hitachi.

At the same time I got my Mac OS X Snow Leopard DVD after failing to get a bootable torrent(downloaded 3 times). Hopefully I'm a step closer to build an iPhone app. Going to install the os in vmware 7.



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Bought my first baby item, Quinny Buzz 4 2009 model

Back in September, I got a little surprise in life. My wife is pregnant. 4 months on, the baby is developing and each day my wife's tummy is growing. As for me, I've been studying what I need to buy for the baby. 1 of the essential item is pushchair. After much research, we decided to buy Quinny Buzz 4 black. I just ordered from Mothercare for £400. I then called them for a price match with Halfords for £329.99.

This is 2009 model and the pushchair can be used up to 4 years old. On top of that, it can mount a Maxi Cosi car seat which I'll purchase in the coming days.

A short promo clips from Quinny web site.

My iPhone has just factory unlocked

I just got a SMS from O2 that my phone is unlocked. Hurray.

-- Post From My iPhone

Free Tales of Monkey Island today only

Free Tales of Monkey Island first episode only today. Get it here.

Something to look forward next year...

Yesterday I got a shock of life, and gave me something to look forward next year. More to come.

EON Free PowerDown while stocks last

If you are EON Energy customer, you can grab both powerdown device for free.

Preorder Championship Manager 2009/2010 for £2.51

Until late 10th Sep, you can preorder CM 09/10 at whatever you like, but there is an admin charge of £2.50. So the cheapest you can preorder it is £2.51.

Belkin TuneBase F8Z441ea for £41

I was looking for a iPhone car charger, and the cheapest I found cost around £6. My car does come with a ipod dock, but I'm looking for a iphone holder + fm transmitter + charger as I would like to play FM from abroad (via 3G using Wunder Radio) and listen it using the car stereo. :)


Belkin TuneBase is the best one around, besides Griffin.
The cheapest I found is £51.12 from Amazon, and yet there is a £10 off valid until 16th Aug.

It worked out to be £41.12 and i think it is a good deal.

Update 18/8: I received it yesterday, tested it for 10min, decided return it as it doesn't charge my iPhone 3GS and I could only get noise out from the sync FM. Instead, I placed an order or Belkin Micro Auto Charger for £4, rpp £13.5.

20 pence that worth £100

My colleague are luck to hold one of these rare coin that worth more than £100 in eBay. What make it valuable is It doesn't has the year printed on both side.

-- Post From My iPhone

A decade of mobile phone experience

About 10 years ago, I got my first mobile phone from vodaphone, motorola startac, a month later I traded it for nokia 3210 with a digi line (0162962241). From there I used 8250, 8310 and 6230 with singtel (97823646),n73, n80 and finally n95 8gb with O2. Ever since I bought iPhone, I don't think i will consider a nokia phone in the coming decade.

-- Post From My iPhone

Dev Team release jailbreak for iPhone 3GS

Dev-Team has release the much anticipated redsn0w jailbreak for iPhone 3GS, get the torrent here. Apparently the hole is the same as purplera1n used.

Tales of Monkey Island is about to begin...

Telltale will release Tales of Monkey Island in the coming hours, but before that, they put together a short flash animation. Enjoy.

The Secret of Monkey Island Special Edition

I can't remember where to begin, probably back in 1990 when I first got my PC, a 386/486 with a turbo button on it. Monkey Island was my first ever adventure game played. This summer Lucasarts will release special edition for it, I'm glad they didn't release this as a 3D game. This release will be just in time to patch the lost of my childhood music pop icon, MJ.

Apparently there are more progress than just a Special Edition. The guy at Telltale will release Tales of Monkey Island, 3D episodic games. I can't wait to play it soon.

Jailbreak iPhone 3GS is now available

If you can't risk a second to wait for the release version of purplerain, you can try jailbreak your iPhone 3GS now at your own risk using the beta release here. GeoHot you are the man!

I ruined my Mac OS

I'd spent an hour yesterday grabbing a copy of VMWare image that contains Mac OS 10.5.5, then I installed the iPhone SDK for 6 hours! Eventually I'd the software upgrade and installed the 700+MB Mac OS 10.5.7 Combine Update and found that it killed the virtual machine. Total time lost was half a day!

Luckily I got a backup copy of the initial image. That's mean I will have to spent another 6 hours to install the SDK.

Update: The Mac OS image mentioned above is done by Xelabo, however I just came across an image that has 10.5.7 update in it. There is a forum discussing about increase performance and upgrade here.

Hoxton London Hotel for £1

Hoxton £1 deal is back. I'd never lucky enough to grab this deal before, but I can try it tomorrow.

Belkin iPhone 3G Ballistic Nylon Case for £2.99

My iPhone is still in the packaging as I don't want to risk scratching it without a protection. Fortunately there is a cheap case available to buy. I'd ordered a Belkin iphone case for £2.99 from Boffer, best deal I can find since Amazon is selling for £7.99.

Hopefully the case will arrive before weekend.

Tech Spec: The Formed Hard Case adds protection and style to your iPhone by elegantly combining a fitted leather face with a formed, ballistic nylon back.

Belkin Ballistic Case - Case for cellular phone - nylon, leather - black - Apple iPhone.

Condition: Brand new

Warranty: Life Time with Belkin